Pope Telesphorus

Pope Telesphorus (90-137) was the Pope from 126 to 137, succeeding Pope Sixtus I and preceding Pope Hyginus.

Biography
Telesphorus was born in 90 in Terranova da Sibari, Calabria, Italy in the Roman Empire, and was of Greek descent. Telesphorus became a hermit prior to becoming pope after Pope Sixtus I's death in 126, and in 126 he became the Bishop of Rome. In 137, during the reign of Antoninus Pius, he suffered "glorious martyrdom" (as it was called by Irenaeus) in Rome.